The steam engine, brewing, and refrigeration drove major advances in thermodynamics and the way we live. Mechanical engineering turns the physics of thermodynamics into engineering solutions and vice versa.
Interests: Advanced combustion thermodynamics, High-efficiency energy conversion, Fuel reactivity and chemical kinetics, Heat release and engine efficiency, Low-temperature and reactivity-controlled combustion, Hybrid solid-oxide fuel-cell/engine systems, Combined heat and power, Thermal management and waste-heat recovery, Hydrogen and ammonia energy systems, Thermochemical carbon recycling
Interests: Mesoscale Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Media, Nanostructured Solid-Liquid Interfaces, Nanoparticle Transport and Self-Assembly, Molecular Dynamics Modeling
Interests: Thermophysical fluid properties, chemical reactions, phase equilibrium of multicomponent mixtures
Interests: Mid-infrared thermal radiation, sensing and imaging; Thermophotovoltaics
Interests: Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Thermal/Non-Thermal Diffusion and Non-Equilibrium Phase Change Mechanisms, Ultrafast Time-Resolved Electron/Phonon, Deformation and Reaction Diagnostics, Optical Near–Field Scanning Probe Thermo-Chemical Processing & Diagnostics, Solar Fuel Production
Interests: Novel thermodynamic cycles for refrigeration and cooling, Evaporative cooling technologies, with applications to residential and commercial buildings, Liquid-vapor phase-change systems
Interests: Microfluidic cooling technologies for integrated circuit (IC) packaging and other microscale thermal management applications.
